Who writes better essays: College students or GPT-3?
A panel of professors gave the model mixed grades
Assessing the assessment
EduRef stressed that the experiment was only an exploratory study. GPT-3’s outputs were lightly edited for length and repetition, although its content, factual information, and grammar were left untouched.
In addition, the AI produced two papers for the history, research, and law assignments. Larson then picked which ones to use:
Larson said the creative writing task required additional human interference:
Larson — who is himself an academic — was nonetheless impressed by GPT’s performance. He hopes that this type of AI-generated content gives instructors andpolicy-makers pause for thought about how they quantify what makes a successful student.
But students may be more interested in AI’s ability to lend them a devious helping-hand.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.
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